It's shocking to me that people think it's ok to consume candy upon ice cream upon cookies upon chips with no sense of discretion or limit.
1) there are billions in this world starving while people consume tons of junk food.
2) these companies now have the money and marketing to sell their garbage TO the starving billions
And the downward cycle continues.
What's funny to me is that all the ads & magazines push for perfect bodies: sculpted, athletic & healthy-diet bodies, and yet people complain how hard it is to achieve that WHILE CONSUMING MASS QUANTITIES OF JUNK FOOD (not the least to say mass quantities of food, with portions set at ginormous sizes probably double or triple or more what is needed to consume in one sitting).
I know because I was one of them. I still struggle at times, but when I was a kid i'd ballooned up to 265 pounds of flab. It was when i started eating less desserts/highly-salted carbs and exercised more (cardio & weights - never crazy weights b/c i just didn't have the time or commitment for it) that i dropped to 200 +/-10 pounds for most of my post-high-school life.
But it's when i'm not feeling healthy, or a little more pudgy around certain areas that i'd like, that my first checkmark is to cut back on any candy, cookie, or sugar. And as i stare at my cup of coffee, I probably need to go black or just goto tea (b/c i can't drink coffee black...).
At 95 years old, Nelson Mandela—an incredible human being, icon of peace and inspiration to untold millions—has passed away. "This is the moment of our deepest sorrow. Our nation has lost its greatest son," South African President Zuma said. RELEVANT will have a full look at his life and legacy shortly, but in the meantime, please read his powerful, moving statement at the opening of the defense case in his trial ...
"...because I wanted to say: "I've crossed oceans of time to find you." It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
We all look for that other half, that partner. I mean, wouldn't it be great to say that line to someone and mean it?"
Oldman has made a career of being the guy you remember more than the protagonist. He's the lead in the new Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
What other people think of me is none of my business.
Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances. An acting teacher told me that.
You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
"Fuck 'em." Shortest prayer in the world.
A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.
I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: "I've crossed oceans of time to find you." It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
We all look for that other half, that partner. I mean, wouldn't it be great to say that line to someone and mean it?
There's 99 percent crap across pretty much everything. And then there's that one plateau where I want to be.
You ever go into a house, see a light switch, and it's slightly crooked? Drives me crazy. Crazy.
There are bass players who know when not to play. I don't know if that can be taught.
Bernie Taupin! My hero growing up! His lyrics are cinematic.
You can make a performance better in the editing, but you can sure tear passion to tatters with the scissors.
What would you do if you were a painter, and you gave your painting over to someone, and then you saw it in an exhibition and they'd cut seven inches off the top of it? And the corner was painted red. We thought it would be better red. But that wouldn't happen.
I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
The phone call is often the best part of it. Your agent says, "They want you to play Hamlet at the Old Vic." And you go, "Holy shit! Hamlet at the Old Vic! Wow! God! Fantastic!" Then you hang up and it's "Fuck, I'm playing Hamlet."
The lights go down. What do you got?
When you meet someone, you can get something out of him like when you first look at a painting.
I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.
New York is London on steroids.
Downtown L. A. looks like they started to build Chicago and then gave up ... and let it become a sprawling suburb.
I never moved here. I came here to make a film. I've lived in America now for nearly twenty years.
You're tired? Have a baby, then come back and tell me how tired tired is.
There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, "We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table."
You don't step straight up to the front of the ATM line. You don't cut in front of people at the ticket desk. You take your turn. You can learn great life lessons from board games.
My kids are my greatest achievement.
They're proud of what I've done, but wonderfully underwhelmed.
I don't bring the work home. That's because I do the work up front. I prepare. Once you find the character and take it around the block a few times, the engine will always be warm. You just need to rev it up. You're not turning the key cold. You can finish a day, leave it at work, go home, and help the kids with their homework.
I never thought I'd see the end of celluloid in my lifetime, but it seems to be one amazing deal away.
By the way, the Harry Potter series is literature, in spite of what some people might say. The way J.K. Rowling worked that world out is quite something.
A few years ago, my mother asked what I'd like for my birthday. I had enough socks, slippers, and ties. So I said: "I don't know, get me a ukulele." It kind of fell from the sky into my head. And she got it for me. I started playing it and now my kids are into it. So we've gone ukulear in the house.
I don't pursue things. They come to me. They come through the letter box. People get an idea in their heads. "What about Gary Oldman?"
A director expects you to come in, open your suitcase, and say, "Okay, here's my stuff, guv'nah."
All my bags are packed I'm ready to go I'm standin' here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh baby, I hate to go
There's so many times I've let you down So many times I've played around I tell you now, they don't mean a thing Every place I go, I'll think of you Every song I sing, I'll sing for you When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go
Guitar Solo
Now the time has come to leave you One more time let me kiss you Close your eyes I'll be on my way Dream about the days to come When I won't have to leave alone About the times, I won't have to say
So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh baby, I hate to go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh baby, I hate to go
Monday, November 25, 2013
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.” ― Martin Buber
